Nigeria explosion News
Deadly tanker accidents are common in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, where traffic regulations are not strictly enforced in many places and there is a lack of an efficient railway system to transport cargo.
At least 25 people, including some children, were killed in an explosion at another illegal refinery in Rivers state in October
Nigeria is Africa`s biggest oil producer and exporter
It loses an average of 200,000 barrels per day of oil - more than 10% of production - to those vandalising pipelines
Over 100 people were charred to dead after a gas tanker caught fire and exploded in Nigeria on Christmas eve.
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